Show 4 4 i I COMMONS ENVY CONGRESSMEN Ib b I lly liy MIL ION SEA NinA Service lee A r. r LONDON N May 23 Funny Funny folk these English Fo For instance the theother theother theother other day the chancellor of the exchequer exchequer ex ex- cx- cx chequer was to make his long long- and eagerly awaited speech In which he would set forth the budget and the taxation for the coming year And members of parliament formed In a queue to get in one enterprising person coming coming- on the tho Scene e at 6 5 30 In the he he morning so as asto asto asto to be sure to get a seat for a speech which was to take place at 4 In the Such a thing would be Impossible and unthinkable with our congress But Its It's all aU due to the ne he smallness orthe ot or the chamber in which the house of or commons sits The only people who have fixed seats are the members of or orthe the cabinet and their lieutenants and the official leaders of the opposition op op- op- op position With the rest of the members sitting sitting sitting sit sit- ting is a sort of haphazard thing thing- which works out all an right except on extraordinary occasions Then the seats are not for the members members mem mem- bers many of whom or-whom whom go into the galleries galleries galleries gal gal- or stand up This is in striking contrast con with the fixed seat eat each of our congressmen congress congress- men has Furthermore the member of the commons gets no handsome office furnished by the government such as our congressmen enjoy Nor Nordo Nordo do they get a nice lump sum for secretarial hire In a a. word our congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen are the best paid and the best treated solons In the world The average member of the house of commons would think he he was living In clover If he were vere treated half so well wen S S S Moscow Is talking talking and and It may not amount to more than talk talk talk-Of of having having haying hav hay r ing an underground railway system to cope with the tle growing transportation transportation tation problem of oC that big city Since the Soviets practically smashed and abandoned Petersburg or Petrograd or Leningrad d or whatever whatever whatever what what- ever its name may be Moscow has grown and grown until now v l it Isa is isa isa a town of two million people The tram cars last year carried carried car car- ried ned million passengers Owing to the conformation of the streets It is not considered feasible to put on more more cars So the had a delegation Investigating the construction construction construction con con- of Underground services Their trouble is going to be to find somebody foolish enough to put up the money needed for the buIldIng buildIng build build- Ing jag of such lines With soviet credit In the world past the vanishing point It looks s as asIf asif asif if the underground railway will only exist on paper for a good many years to come Not io long g ago some wag wag- a a. 1 letter etter Monsieur ur Alexandre former president of the republic former premier former cabinet minIster minister min mm- ister later senator from the Seine district attorney In the court of ot appeals Paris And a wise and up-to-date up post- post in Paris sent it back to the writer with this this' Indorsement indorsement indorse Indorse- men ment t Address unknown Imagine an American postal em em- doing the same thing with a aletter aletter aletter letter addressed to W W. II H. Taft chief Justice of ot the supreme court former president of the United States former former former for for- mer secretary of war former governor governor governor gov gov- general of he he Philippines former onner federal district Judge |